50 Years of Project Censored: State of the Free Press - Panel with Ryan Grim, Lauren Harper, John Kiriakou, Mischa Geracoulis, Joe Lauria - moderated by Mickey Huff
Highlighting the year’s most significant independent journalism—including reports on ICE surveillance, Meta censorship, and police violence—Project Censored’s State of the Free Press 2026 illuminates issues the establishment press have obscured and raises voices corporate media have throttled.
Bala…
Lauren Harper and Dr. Anthony Douglas on Illinois' Responsibility in Firearms Legislation (RIFL) Act
lauren harper is the legislative director for the Illinois Alliance to Prevent Gun Violence and grassroots organizer dedicated to tackling the root causes of gun violence in Illinois. Dr. Anthony Douglas II, MD MPH, is a surgical resident at the University of Chicago and the founder of the nation’s…
An Interview with Author and Activist Dan Kovalik
Author and activist Dan Kovalik discusses his books, Syria the Anatomy of a Regime Change and The Plot to Overthrow Venezuela: How the US is Orchestrating a Coup for Oil.
An award winning front-line investigative news magazine, that focuses on human, civil and workers right, issues of war and p…
Is This The Best Way to FOIA ICE?
We’re teaching everyone how to use FOIA (the Freedom of Information Act.)
If you missed our first attempt to FOIA ICE and the General Services Administration for information concerning 800 Corporate Boulevard in the Town of Newburgh, start here.
This conversation picks up from that post.
The curr…
Press Freedoms and Civil Rights Under Attack; and Practicing Civic Self-respect
Today in the first segment, Mickey welcomes back Lauren Harper and Seth Stern from the Freedom of the Press Foundation. They discuss several matters including their latest FOIA work on how the Trump administration has been treating immigrants, students and other vulnerable groups across the country…
Debunking the Book Ban “Hoax” and Resisting Trump Administration Attacks on the First Amendment
This week, Mickey speaks with filmmaker Allyson Rice and researcher Dorri C. Scott about the growing number of books challenged and banned in US schools and libraries, something the Trump administration has called a hoax. We hear about the soon-to-be-released documentary, Banned Together, that look…
Fee Waivers, Expedited Processing, and Other FOIA Secrets Revealed
Here’s part two in our series exploring the use of LLMs to generate successful FOIA requests.
This time, I am joined by Adam Marshall, director of national litigation at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
Adam takes a different position from our previous guest, Lauren Harper, Danie…
Lauren Harper - Should police departments be charging journalists for public records?
Lauren Harper, Daniel Ellsberg Chair on Government Secrecy at the Freedom of the Press Foundation, joins Lars to discuss police departments charging journalists for public-records requests and the implications for government transparency.
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